# prestar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin praestāre.

### Verb

prestar (first-person singular indicative present presto, past participle prestáu)
* to be pleasing, to be liked, to be good
    La película prestóme muncho. ― I really liked the film.

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan prestar, from Latin praestāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pɾəsˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾesˈtaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)
* Homophone: prestà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestí, past participle prestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive, pronominal) to loan; to lend

#### Derived terms

* prestatari

#### Related terms

* prestació
* prestador
* préstec

### References

* “prestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “prestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “prestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “prestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese prestar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin praestāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾesˈtaɾ/

### Verb

prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestei, past participle prestado)
* (transitive) to loan, to lend
** 1362, María del Carmen Sánchez Carrera (ed.), El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié de la Maza, page 359:
    que non posades vender nen sopenorar nen aforar nen alear nen prestar por tenpo ne por tenpos a dita casayou should not sell, or pawn, or contract, or cede, or lend for a time, or at times, the aforementioned house
    Synonyms: deixar, emprestar
* (transitive) to render, provide, offer (a service, help etc.)
* (transitive) to pay (attention, respect etc.)
* (intransitive) to be useful, suitable, or enjoyable
** 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 107:soe prestar ao Cauallo que ten a cabeça fria pazer a miude eruas peqenas et tenras porque en mergendo a cabeça et tirando as eruas con os dentes, deçen da cabeça a moor parte dos homores porllos nares para forait is usually useful, for the horse that have its head cold, to graze frequently tender and young grasses, because as it lowers its head and plucks the grasses with its teeth most of the fluids flow out through the nostrils
* (pronominal) to be suitable, or enjoyable; to feel good
    Como che me presta o caldo con este frío! ― I really enjoy the hot soup with this cold weather!
    Non me dás un pouco? Pois que che preste! ― You won't give me a bit? Then, enjoy yourself!
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 461:Et deulle tã grã ferida cõ hũa lança que tragía que a loriga nõ lle prestou nada, et passou a lança perlo uẽtre del, et logo as tripas lle caerõ sóbrelo arçón da selaAnd he hit him such a blow with a spear he brought that the breastplate didn't benefit him at all, and the spear passed through his belly, and immediately his intestines fell over the saddlebow
** 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Albino: Deyjame probar si quera vnha gota a min tamen. Marta: Pois tendela vara e besta quen bos quita que bebàs? Albino: Ay Iasus como me presta.Albino: "Let me taste al least a drop for myself" Marta: "You have rod and horse, who's forbidding you of drinking?" Albino: "Oh, Jesus, it feels good!"

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Synonyms

* (to be enjoyable): avecer, avegar
* (to be useful): aproveitar

#### Derived terms

* emprestar (“to loan”)
* empréstito (“loan”)
* prestación (“service; allowance”)
* préstamo (“loan”)
* prestancia (“excellence, distinction”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “prestar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prestar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “prestar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “prestar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “prestar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “prestar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Icelandic
### Noun

prestar
* indefinite nominative plural of prestur

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /presˈtar/

### Verb

prestar
* to lend

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | prestar | prestar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | prestante | prestate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | presta | ha prestate |
| active | past | prestava | habeva prestate |
| active | future | prestara | habera prestate |
| active | conditional | prestarea | haberea prestate |
| active | imperative | presta | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es prestate | ha essite prestate |
| passive | past | esseva prestate | habeva essite prestate |
| passive | future | essera prestate | habera essite prestate |
| passive | conditional | esserea prestate | haberea essite prestate |
| passive | imperative | sia prestate | |

## Italian
### Verb

prestar (short or poetical form of prestare)
* (transitive) to lend, (pronominal) to borrow

#### References

* Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version here

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

prestar m
* indefinite plural of prest

## Old Norse
### Noun

prestar
* indefinite nominative plural of prestr

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin praestāre.

### Verb

prestar
* to lend
** between 1140 and 1207, anonymous, Poem of the Cid 118:E p̃ſtalde de auer lo q̃ ſea guiſadoAnd lend him (prestad+le) wealth to the extent it's reasonable
* to be useful, of distinction
    omne de prestar ― distinguished man
** 1293, anonymous, Gran conquista de ultramar 148v, (ms. 1187 BNM, ed. by Louis Cooper et al. (1995)):Ca en la villa non auie yente de prestar...because in the village there were no people of distinction
* to give, donate (for example, money)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese prestar, from Latin praestāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾesˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾesˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾesˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾeʃˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾeʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾesˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨʃˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨʃˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite prestei, past participle prestado)
* (intransitive) to be useful; to be suitable; to be good [with para ‘for something’]
    Este dicionário não presta. ― This dictionary isn't useful.
    Este dicionário não presta para nada. ― This dictionary isn't useful for anything.
* (transitive) to render, to provide, to offer (a service, help etc.)
    Ninguém me prestou ajuda. ― Nobody offered me help.
* (transitive) to pay (attention, respect etc.)
    Acorda e presta mais atenção! ― Wake up and pay more attention!
* (pronominal) to be suitable [with a ‘for something’]
    A sala presta-se perfeitamente a este fim. ― The room is perfectly suitable for this purpose.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* emprestar
* prestável

## Slovene
### Etymology

From pre- +‎ stȁr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɛstár/

### Adjective

prestȁr (comparative [please provide], superlative)
* too old

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “prestar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “prestar”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish prestar, from Latin praestāre.
Coromines and Pascual mention an old attestation of Latin praestō meaning "to lend" in a legal document of 438, the Interpretationes Theodosianae, where commodō is switched for praestō. This meaning is also attested in the Reichenau Glosses. They also mention that the meaning "to borrow", generally considered non-standard, is already attested in the 16th-century work El patrañuelo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾesˈtaɾ/ [pɾesˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pres‧tar

### Verb

prestar (first-person singular present presto, first-person singular preterite presté, past participle prestado)
* (transitive) to lend
    Prestame tu bicicleta.Lend me your bicycle.
* (transitive) to give, pay (e.g., attention)
    ¡Prestad atención, por favor!Pay attention, please!
* (reflexive, transitive) to have a natural inclination, a natural tendency
    El alcohol se presta al abuso.Alcohol tends to be abused.
* (transitive) to take
    Los ministros prestan el juramento.The ministers take the oath.
* (transitive, nonstandard) to borrow
    Synonyms: pedir prestado, tomar prestado
    ¿Le prestaste la laptop?Did you borrow the laptop from her?

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* emprestar
* prestar atención

#### Related terms

* prestación
* prestado
* prestamista
* préstamo

### Further reading

* “prestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “prestar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 646